Now that <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/02/26/dominican-authorities-approve-of-container-cities-for-haiti-housing-relief/" target="_blank">shipping container</a> homes are super hip, designers are concocting new ways to upcycle existing materials into dwellings -- say for instance, liquid container semis! <a title="Aristide Antonas" href="http://en-gb.facebook.com/aristide.antonas" target="_TOP">Aristide Antonas</a>, a designer from Athens, has a great idea to <a href="../recycled-materials" target="_blank">recycle old trucks</a> into apartments that can either remain stationary or stay attached to the truck and be mobile. His KEG Apartments take a cool new look at how we can reuse just about anything to create low impact domiciles for a more resourceful age.

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Mobile residences could be fashioned from the insides of abandoned liquid container trucks.

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Floors, beds, furniture, bathrooms and kitchens would be attached to the side walls of the container, to create a cozy yet functional space.

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The upcycled dwellings could be used as vacation homes, apartments, mobile homes or even offices.

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The units could either remain stationary or attach to the truck and be transported anywhere.

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Windows would be cut from the sides and access would by provided from the top via ladder.

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Whole communities could be created from these reused trucks.

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Now that shipping container homes are super hip, designers are concocting new ways to upcycle existing materials into dwellings -- say for instance, liquid container semis! Aristide Antonas, a designer from Athens, has a great idea to recycle old trucks into apartments that can either remain stationary or stay attached to the truck and be mobile. His KEG Apartments take a cool new look at how we can reuse just about anything to create low impact domiciles for a more resourceful age.